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By Lookout Staff

December 13 -- If you plan to take Pacific Coast Highway Saturday, make sure you’re sober and are carrying your driver’s license.

Santa Monica Police will be conducting a Driver's License/Sobriety Checkpoint at the 400 block of PCH on the busy thoroughfare, said Lt. Alex Padilla, the Police Department spokesman.

“It’s the holiday season and we want the dangers of drinking and driving to be at the forefront of everyone’s mind,” Padilla said.

“It’s the right time of the year and people have been speeding on PCH,” Padilla said.

The goal of the checkpoint is to reduce the number of impaired drivers on the roadways and confirm drivers' license status, Padilla said.

Funding for this program was provided by a grant by the Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Traffic Safety Administration.

The Santa Monica Police Department reminds drivers to have a designated driver or call a cab if you plan to drink.

For more information please contact Sgt. Larry Horn of the Santa Monica Police Department's Traffic Enforcement Division at (310) 458-8993.